Gerhard Weber (architect)

Gerhard Weber (11 June 1909 – 17 March 1986) was a German architect and lecturer. Weber was a student of Mies van der Rohe and is associated with the Bauhaus school.^[1]

Broadcasting House Dornbusch

Hamburg State Opera

Mannheim National Theatre

Research reactor in Garching, nicknamed Atomei (atomic egg)

Weber was born in Mylau. Between 1955 and 1974 he was a professor for architecture at the Technical University of Munich.^[2][3][4] Considered one of the leading post-war architects in Germany, his architectural estate is today being maintained by the Bauhaus Archive.^[5][6]

At the 1957 São Paulo Art Biennial Weber was awarded the prize as best theatre architect.^[7]

He died in Berg.

Notable works

• Broadcasting House Dornbusch
• Hamburg State Opera^[6]
• Mannheim National Theatre
• DLF-Funkhaus, Cologne [de] (Broadcasting House of the Deutschlandfunk)^[8]
• Market Hall, Frankfurt^[9][10]
• August Thyssen-Hütte headquarters, Duisburg^[11]
• Forschungsreaktor München [de; fr] (Research Reactor of the Technical University Munich, in Garching)^[2][3][4]
• his private residence "Weber Villa", Allmannshausen (a district of Berg)^[12]